Tugboat United States, built by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co for Federal Barge Lines, can push 40 barges loaded with 40,000 tons of cargo; boat will be in service on lower Mississippi River; length is 180 ft, width 58 ft, and displacement of 8 1/2-ft draft 1760 tons; four Cooper-Bessemer engines developing 8500 hp drive four 108-in. diam propellers; plan. See also Engineering Index 1958 p 1299. (See also Mar Eng v 64 n 1 Jan 1959 p 42-7; by R.E.SCHULZ, in Diesel Progress v 25 n 2 Feb 1959 p 30-3)
World's most powerful towboat
Rivers Harbors
Rivers and Harbors ; 44 , n 1
1959
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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